“As I have said throughout I did not download or look at pornography in my office”

Damian Green

Users in Westminster also tried to access gay hook-up app Grindr more than 250,000 times in a single month, it has been revealed.

A Freedom of Information request gave a snapshot of internet traffic over several months last year.

Computer experts log all the websites visited by MPs, Lords and their staff – including addresses of blocked sites.

In December last year, more than 1,000 attempts were made to log on to Tinder, while Grindr had 272,000 hits.

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A dating site for crossdressers and their admirers was also typed in almost 500 times, while escort site Adultwork was visited more than 100 times.

Experts also logged almost 3,000 attempted visits to a hardcore gay porn site and users made thousands of attempts to access sites to help dodge the systems in place to filter out banned pages.

In replying to the FOI request, the House of Commons Information Rights and Information Security Service said: “The information covers both Houses and all users of the parliamentary network participating in parliamentary business.

“The data also includes users of the guest wi-fi service from May 2016.”

A police source revealed extreme content was being accessed on a “daily basis” on Mr Green’s system, just before the material was made illegal. But speaking yesterday, Mr Green reiterated his denial he was responsible for putting the porn on his computer or for viewing it.

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DENIED: December last year saw Grindr have 272,000 hits and Tinder had over 1,000 attempts

He said: “As I have said throughout I did not download or look at pornography in my office.”

Police originally raided the office of Mr Green, 61, in November 2008 after a probe into leaks of government papers and the material was then reportedly found.

As First Secretary of State, he is considered prime minister Theresa May’s deputy but is now reportedly “clinging to his job”.

The police source reported: “Porn was being accessed on an almost virtual daily basis. Police were told nothing could be done.

“Quite simply, it was not illegal to be in possession of extreme images before January 2009. If it was a few weeks later it would have been.”